REELWORLD FILM FESTIVAL | Saturday, Oct 13 | 3 Seconds Divorce
Famous Players Canada Square Cinemas
2190 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4S 2C6, Canada
Toronto
Ontario
43.7053368
-79.39900840000001
Description
Saturday, October 13th | Reelworld Film Festival | 11:00am (Doors open at 10:30am)
3 SECONDS DIVORCE | 54 Minutes | English | Urdu | Famous Players Canada Square Cinema
Included: Panel Discussion directly after the Film
Divorce! Uttered three times and it’s legal and final under Sharia Law. This is where Lubna finds herself, kicked out of the house with her infant son. Muslims do not have a co-edified Family Law. Shot verite style, we follow Lubna’s journey from disenfranchised to social activist. Inspiring and historic, sisterhood at it’s finest. Gender justice isn’t just for the West. It’s happening everywhere.
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Divorce. Lubna’s husband said this one word, three times and threw her out the house along with their infant son. As per the prevailing sharia practice of triple or oral Divorce, this divorce was legal and final. In order to return to her husband, Lubna was asked to undergo halala that requires the divorced woman to marry another man, let him ‘consummate this marriage’ and then divorce her before she can remarry her original husband. 3 Seconds Divorce’ tells Lubna’s story as she reels under the effects of triple-divorce and finds her way into Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, an Indian muslim women’s group fighting for reforms to Muslim family law with focus on ban on triple-divorce. However, Muslim faith leaders are adamant and accuse the muslim women of pandering to the agenda of Hindu right. Under resourced and out-numbered, the women continue the struggle against all odds and celebrate small victories. The documentary follows Lubna and the members of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan in this bitter-sweet journey. Shot over three years, the story is told through a mix of verité, interviews, archival images and animation. Although the practice of triple-divorce and halala are prevalent in many Muslim dominated countries like Pakistan, the documentary focuses on the issue in India as the socio-political circumstances of the country with Muslims as the largest minority add a unique perspective to the story.
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Start:
2018-10-13T11:00:00-04:00
End:
2018-10-13T13:00:00-04:00
Category
Film
Tickets
General Admission
12.6
CAD
280